Cruising Through Inland-town ONITSHA, Anambra State, BIAFRA

Onitsha is a city located on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Nigeria's Anambra State. A metropolitan city, Onitsha is known for its river port and as an economic hub for commerce, industry, and education. It hosts the Onitsha Main Market, the largest market in Africa in terms of geographical size and volume of goods. Onitsha is a major commercial city in Nigeria and has been impacted by a massive wave of immigration from all parts of Nigeria and West Africa. The Anambra state government constantly struggles to open up new housing layouts to provide decent accommodation and prevent development of slums. In the 2006 Nigerian census, Onitsha had an estimated city proper population of about 1 million people, and, as of 2016, had an estimated urban population of 7,425,000.(Demographia, April 2016). Onitsha has played a creative role in the transformation to urban life in Nigeria famous as the setting for Onitsha Market Literature and as one of the hubs for the financing and distribution of Nollywood films. Onitsha was a hotly contested city in 1969 during the Nigerian war against Biafra which led to the destruction of all her infrastructure. The Fulani-dominated Nigerian federal government reneged on it's post war promise to rebuild the destroyed city. This caused a haphazard development of buildings and inadequate roads infrastructure. The local Anambra state government has continued urban renewal projects to ease flow of traffic and increase connectivity of routes across the city. Travel Details Citizens of ECOWAS countries do not require a visa to visit Onitsha, Nigeria. Check here ( https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/vis... ) to see if you need a visa to visit Nigeria and how you can apply for your Nigerian visa online from your country. You can also opt for the "VISA ON ARRIVAL" program especially if Nigerian embassy does not exist in your country. If you are visiting from West Africa, it will be easier to use the Nigerian airlines Air Peace (https://www.flyairpeace.com/) or Arik Air (http://www.arikair.com) or Aero Contractors (http://www.flyaero.com/) to Asaba International airport and then pickup an airport taxi to your hotel in Onitsha. For Non-West Africans, once your Nigerian visa is issued, one of the best ways to visit Onitsha for vacation is through contacting a 4 or 5 star hotel in the Asaba or Onitsha to book a hotel reservation. Book your reservation on hotel website or use Expedia (http://www.expedia.com ) Or Jumai (travel.jumia.com) to get the best deals and make sure to read reviews from verified customers before deciding where to spend your vacation. Please do not pay for your online reservation. Just call and ask for airport pickup & drop off shuttle services, and use the option "Pay at the hotel". Some hotels do charge extra for the airport shuttle services. It is always better to have the hotel pick you up at the airport. Alternatively, you can pick up an airport taxi at the airport to take you to your hotel. If you are coming from countries outside West Africa, book your trip to PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria on LUFTHANSA Airlines via PORT HARCOURT (https://www.lufthansa.com ) from almost every major airport on earth. Once you land at PORT HARCOURT, use a registered airport Taxi to your Hotel in Onitsha or Asaba.